Should there be a "xorg.conf" in Trisquel 3.5?

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flop

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se unió: 02/16/2009

I have just made a fresh installation of Trisquel 3.5 (64 bits). I have also installed the radeonhd driver since I understand -though not completely sure- that this should be the best option for my card (Mobility Radeon HD 3400). After installing radeonhd synaptic shows the following packages are installed:

- xserver-xorg-video-ati
- xserver-xorg-video-radeon
- xserver-xorg-video-mach64
- xserver-xorg-video-r128
- xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd

The thing is that I was trying to check in xorg.conf that the driver used was now radeonhd, but I cannot see it in /etc/X11 (there is only a xorg.conf.vesa). In my other installation of Trisquel 3.5 (32 bits) updated from 3.5-RC there is however a xorg.conf file. Should I also have xorg.conf in this fresh installation or is it that this config file is not used any longer?

Thanks.

quidam

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se unió: 12/22/2004

> The thing is that I was trying to check in xorg.conf that the driver
> used was now radeonhd, but I cannot see it in /etc/X11 (there is only
> a xorg.conf.vesa). In my other installation of Trisquel 3.5 (32 bits)
> updated from 3.5-RC there is however a xorg.conf file. Should I also
> have xorg.conf in this fresh installation or is it that this config
> file is not used any longer?

Since 3.5 it is not required, as the xorg server autoconfigures itself
on every start. If you have a xorg.conf file, it will still be used to
override the autoconfiguration.

flop

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se unió: 02/16/2009

Thanks, quidam. So, is there any way to check which driver am I using now or to tell xorg which one should use? Is it supposed that xorg will select the best one from those installed without need of more instructions (as I said, radeonhd was not installed from default but I believe it might be a better option)?